Chocolate Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 c. sifted cake flour
1/2 c. cocoa
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. double-acting baking powder
2 1/4 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla flavoring
5 unbeaten eggs
1 c. milk
1 c. butter and 1/2 c. shortening

Preparation

Sift together all dry ingredients.
Cream together butter, shortening and sugar until real light.
Add vanilla and add eggs one at a time, beating well after each one.
Add dry ingredients alternately with milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Beat well after each addition. Turn into tube pan, well-greased. Start off in cold oven.
Turn heat to 325\u00b0 and bake 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours.